wishfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪʃf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈwɪʃf(ə)l/

Etymology: < wish n.¹ + -ful suffix.

†1. Such as is, or is to be, wished; desirable; desired, longed-for. (Cf. desirous adj. 5) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adjective] > wished for

wishful1523

wished1586

wished1602

1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 31 This so glorious, so profyttable and so wysshefull an enterpryse.

1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxix. f. 110 We haue receiued your excellencies wishefull letters.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii6^v The ioyous light, Whereof she long had lackt the wishfull sight.

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 57 Many a field Pleasant, and wishfull.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. iv. 9 Having so wishfull an opportunity..I could not but send you this frendly salute.

(a) Of the eye or look, tone, feeling, etc.: Full of desire; longing, yearning, wistful. (Cf. desirous adj. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective]

oflongedOE

alonged?a1300

longinga1425

with child1548

yearning1596

wishfula1616

greening1637

tantalized1660

with twins1768

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. i. 14 To greet mine owne Land with my wishfull sight.

1711 Spectator No. 250. ⁋6 You can't behold a covetous Spirit walk by a Goldsmith's Shop without casting a wishful Eye at the Heaps upon the Counter.

1739 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 211 Hail the Day that sees Him rise, Ravish'd from our wishful Eyes.

1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st i. 3 It has probably happened to others, as to myself, to cast an eye of wishful curiosity towards the eastern boundaries of Europe.

1827 C. Bridges Expos. Psalm cxix verse 67. 173 The forlorn wandering child casting a wishful, penitent look towards his Father's house.

(b) In modern use in weaker sense: expressing or indicative of a wish; chiefly in wishful thinking, thinking, esp. belief or expectation, that is influenced by one's wishes to the extent that relevant (consciously) known facts are (subconsciously) ignored or distorted; also as adj.; so wishful thinker.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope

forlorn hopea1643

wish-thinking1930

wishful thinking1932

a wing and a prayer1943

straw-clutching1962

hope-against-hope1968

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope > a person given to

wishful thinker1932

1932 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 2 July 817/4 At two vitally important points Glenn Frank's incisive analysis fades away in a vague realm of hope or even of wishful thinking.

1940 Illustr. London News 196 498/2 The possibility of any relief in that direction can only exist in the minds of wishful-thinkers.

1940 L. D. Weatherhead This is Victory ii. 58 I do not mean that that which is believed has no other support than man's wishful thinking.

1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. i. 17 Twelve months ago in Brussels I heard the same wishful-thinking sigh.

1942 C. S. Lewis Screwtape Lett. ix. 50 It all depends on whether your man is..of the wishful-thinking type who can be assured that all is well.

1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow i. 20 He was a woolly wishful-thinker who happened to be inordinately vain as well.

1958 Spectator 6 June 724/1 He [sc. a prisoner] hoarded these glimpses of past happiness, rationing his wishful reminiscing to half an hour a day.

1958 Listener 25 Sept. 478/1 There are some embarrassingly wishful statements... ‘The day when Joyce embarked in Dublin..they were burning his first book... He could see the smoke of the bonfire.’.. Dubliners was not burned: it was pulped.

1970 Guardian 10 Dec. 4/4 It is hard to reconcile this sort of picture with the one presented by the wishful-thinkers in Saigon.

1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 117 I'm not a wishful-thinking idiot.

1980 Sunday Times 30 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 55/2 An evocation of youth's transitoriness and innocent wishful-thinking.

b. Of a person: Possessed by a wish for something specified or implied; wishing, desirous. Now rare in literary prose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adjective]

willinga1425

wishing1530

wishful1733

1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 18 Lo! o'er yon flood H——e casts his low'ring eyes, And wishful sees the rev'rend turrets rise.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. ii. 236 Wishful to see how he worked, I allowed him to take possession.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlii. 412 I was wishful to say a word to you sir.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason i. 12 I am but Jason, who dwell here alone.., Wishful for happy days.

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 102 Wishful from my soul That truth should triumph.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. 165 A second chamber well qualified for the duty of revision, and wishful to discharge it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wishful
释义	wishfuladj. Brit. /ˈwɪʃf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈwɪʃf(ə)l/ Etymology: < wish n.¹ + -ful suffix. †1. Such as is, or is to be, wished; desirable; desired, longed-for. (Cf. desirous adj. 5) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adjective] > wished for wishful1523 wished1586 wished1602 1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 31 This so glorious, so profyttable and so wysshefull an enterpryse. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxix. f. 110 We haue receiued your excellencies wishefull letters. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii6^v The ioyous light, Whereof she long had lackt the wishfull sight. View more context for this quotation ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 57 Many a field Pleasant, and wishfull. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. iv. 9 Having so wishfull an opportunity..I could not but send you this frendly salute. 2. a. (a) Of the eye or look, tone, feeling, etc.: Full of desire; longing, yearning, wistful. (Cf. desirous adj. 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective] oflongedOE alonged?a1300 longinga1425 with child1548 yearning1596 wishfula1616 greening1637 tantalized1660 with twins1768 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. i. 14 To greet mine owne Land with my wishfull sight. View more context for this quotation 1711 Spectator No. 250. ⁋6 You can't behold a covetous Spirit walk by a Goldsmith's Shop without casting a wishful Eye at the Heaps upon the Counter. 1739 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems ii. 211 Hail the Day that sees Him rise, Ravish'd from our wishful Eyes. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st i. 3 It has probably happened to others, as to myself, to cast an eye of wishful curiosity towards the eastern boundaries of Europe. 1827 C. Bridges Expos. Psalm cxix verse 67. 173 The forlorn wandering child casting a wishful, penitent look towards his Father's house. (b) In modern use in weaker sense: expressing or indicative of a wish; chiefly in wishful thinking, thinking, esp. belief or expectation, that is influenced by one's wishes to the extent that relevant (consciously) known facts are (subconsciously) ignored or distorted; also as adj.; so wishful thinker. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope forlorn hopea1643 wish-thinking1930 wishful thinking1932 a wing and a prayer1943 straw-clutching1962 hope-against-hope1968 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope > a person given to wishful thinker1932 1932 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 2 July 817/4 At two vitally important points Glenn Frank's incisive analysis fades away in a vague realm of hope or even of wishful thinking. 1940 Illustr. London News 196 498/2 The possibility of any relief in that direction can only exist in the minds of wishful-thinkers. 1940 L. D. Weatherhead This is Victory ii. 58 I do not mean that that which is believed has no other support than man's wishful thinking. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. i. 17 Twelve months ago in Brussels I heard the same wishful-thinking sigh. 1942 C. S. Lewis Screwtape Lett. ix. 50 It all depends on whether your man is..of the wishful-thinking type who can be assured that all is well. 1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow i. 20 He was a woolly wishful-thinker who happened to be inordinately vain as well. 1958 Spectator 6 June 724/1 He [sc. a prisoner] hoarded these glimpses of past happiness, rationing his wishful reminiscing to half an hour a day. 1958 Listener 25 Sept. 478/1 There are some embarrassingly wishful statements... ‘The day when Joyce embarked in Dublin..they were burning his first book... He could see the smoke of the bonfire.’.. Dubliners was not burned: it was pulped. 1970 Guardian 10 Dec. 4/4 It is hard to reconcile this sort of picture with the one presented by the wishful-thinkers in Saigon. 1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 117 I'm not a wishful-thinking idiot. 1980 Sunday Times 30 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 55/2 An evocation of youth's transitoriness and innocent wishful-thinking. b. Of a person: Possessed by a wish for something specified or implied; wishing, desirous. Now rare in literary prose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adjective] willinga1425 wishing1530 wishful1733 1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 18 Lo! o'er yon flood H——e casts his low'ring eyes, And wishful sees the rev'rend turrets rise. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. ii. 236 Wishful to see how he worked, I allowed him to take possession. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlii. 412 I was wishful to say a word to you sir. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason i. 12 I am but Jason, who dwell here alone.., Wishful for happy days. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 102 Wishful from my soul That truth should triumph. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. 165 A second chamber well qualified for the duty of revision, and wishful to discharge it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1523
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